Pros: talented co-workers name recognition you can learn a lot of cutting-edge technology moderately good pay

Cons: Only cares about customers; employees are treated like dispensable commodities. Unfair promotion practice, political. Management will invent reasons to not give a raise or promotion. Zero work-life balance. Hard-nosed behavior is encouraged in the name of leadership principles. Pager on-call duties can be really painful sometimes. Zero respect for engineers, no training, poor documentation, sink-or-swim environment. Extreme frugality. You will not find anything that has "calorie" in it if you are hungry. Only coffee or tea. The coffee maker runs out of coffee sometimes, and they don't bother refilling until the next day.

Pros: Surrounded by very intelligent, motivated individuals. Amazon has strong LPs, which they live by, and the culture ensures you have an opportunity to grow.

Cons: It can be very stressful if you aren’t used to the culture at Amazon. On-call can be rough for teams which are closest to the customer.

Pros: Not much pros. Perhaps relatively good pay.

Cons: Burnout Management prioritizes profit over employee wellbeing. No time to rest and learn. Inadequate opportunities for learning and growth.